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SCPO Briefing Paper 6/1

Parliament & Executive 2003

(A) The Scottish Executive

With their responsibilities

First Minister: Jack McConnell

Responsible for the development, implementation and presentation of Scottish Executive policies.

Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Jim Wallace

With FM, responsible for development, implementation and presentation of Scottish Executive policies. As Enterprise Minister, responsible for economy, business and industry, including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, European Structural Funds, trade and inward investment, energy (including renewable energy), further and higher education, lifelong learning, training and science.

Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning - Lewis Macdonald

Minister for Justice: Cathy Jamieson

Responsible for criminal justice, youth justice, victims support, criminal justice social work, police, prisons, sentencing policy, courts, law reform, including civil law and fire services.

Deputy - Hugh Henry

Minister for Education and Young People: Peter Peacock

Responsible for school education, nurseries and childcare, Gaelic, children’s services, social work, HMIE, HMSWI and SQA.

Deputy - Euan Robson

Minister for Health and Community Care: Malcolm Chisholm

Responsible for the NHS, community care, health service reform, health improvement, health promotion, public health, allied healthcare services, acute, primary and mental health services, addiction services, pharmaceutical services, performance, quality and improvement framework and food safety.

Deputy - Tom McCabe

Minister for Environment and Rural Development: Ross Finnie

Responsible for environment and natural heritage, land reform, water, sustainable development, agriculture, fisheries, rural development including aquaculture and forestry.

Deputy - Allan Wilson

Minister for Finance and Public Services: Andy Kerr

Responsible for the Scottish Budget, public service delivery, modernising government including civil service reform, local government, cities and community planning.

Deputy - Tavish Scott

Minister for Communities: Margaret Curran

Responsible for tackling anti-social behaviour, poverty, housing and area regeneration, the land use planning system and building standards, equality issues, voluntary sector, religious and faith organisations and charity law.

Deputy - Mary Mulligan

Minister for Parliamentary Business: Patricia Ferguson

Responsible for Parliamentary affairs and the management of Executive business in the Parliament.

Deputy - Tavish Scott

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport: Frank McAveety

Responsible for tourism, culture and the arts, sport, major events strategy, built heritage, architecture, Historic Scotland and lottery funding.

Minister for Transport: Nicol Stephen

Responsible for transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, air and ferry services.

Lord Advocate: Colin Boyd

Solicitor General: Elish Angiolini

(B) SNP Shadow Executive & Spokespersons

Leader: John Swinney

Environment and Rural Affairs: Roseanna Cunningham (Deputy: Richard Lochhead)

Justice: Nicola Sturgeon (Deputy: Michael Matheson)

Enterprise and the Economy: Jim Mather

Education and Lifelong Learning: Fiona Hyslop (Deputy: Brian Adam)

Tourism, Transport and Telecomms: Kenny MacAskill

Health and Social Justice: Shona Robison (Deputies: Stewart Stevenson and Sandra White)

Finance and Public Services: Fergus Ewing

Business Manager and Chief Whip: Bruce Crawford (Deputy: Linda Fabiani)

Convener of the SNP Parliamentary Group: Alasdair Morgan

(C) Conservative Spokespersons

Leader: David McLetchie

Justice and Home Affairs: Annabel Goldie (Deputy: Margaret Mitchell)

Education: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Constitutional Affairs and Europe: Phil Gallie

Finance and Local Government: Brian Monteith

Rural Development and Environment: Alex Johnstone

Communities: Mary Scanlon

Fisheries: Ted Brocklebank

Health and Community Care: David Davidson (Deputy: Nanette Milne)

Business Manager and Chief Whip: Bill Aitken

Agriculture and Forestry: Alex Fergusson

Tourism, Culture and Sport: Jamie McGrigor

Transport, IT and Telecomms: David Mundell

Enterprise and Lifelong Leaning: Murdo Fraser

(D) LibDem Spokespersons

Education and Young People: Robert Brown

Justice: Margaret Smith

Communities, Culture and Sport: Donald Gorrie

Business Manager and Chief Whip: George Lyon

Enterprise, Lifelong Learning and Tourism: Jamie Stone

Gaelic Language: John Farquhar Munro

Equal Opportunities: Mike Pringle

Finance: Jeremy Purvis

Environment and Rural Development and Convener of the Parliamentary Group: Nora Radcliffe

European Affairs: Keith Raffan

Health: Mike Rumbles

Local Government: Iain Smith

(E) Green Party Spokespersons

Education and Young People and Shadow First Minister: Robin Harper

Health and Community Care: Eleanor Scott

Justice and Communities: Patrick Harvie

Environment and Rural Development: Mark Ruskell

Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Shiona Baird

Transport, Tourism, Culture and Sport: Chris Ballance

Finance, Public Services and Parliamentary Business: Mark Ballard

(F) Scottish Socialist Party Spokespersons

Group Leader, covering First Minister's issues, plus Finance and Public Services: Tommy Sheridan

Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Frances Curran

Justice, Tourism, Culture and Sport: Colin Fox

Education and Young People: Rosemary Byrne

Health & Community Care and Parliamentary Business: Carolyn Leckie

Environment & Transport: Rosie Kane

(G) Parliamentary Committees

The membership of the new Parliamentary Committees has been agreed, with some changes made in the name or function of Committees, bringing them into line with ministerial portfolios. The major change has been the division of Transport and Environment to two existing committees – with Transport joined to Local Government and the Environment coupled with Rural Development, reducing the number of Committees to 16.

While this move meant (by the complex formula which determines the allocation of these) that the Greens lost out on a convenership, they secured a deputy convenership (of Environment & Rural Development); so did the Scottish Socialists, but they decided not to take up the deputy convenership of the Subordinate Legislation Committee.

Audit Committee

Convener: Brian Monteith, Cons; Deputy: Kenny MacAskill, SNP; Clerk: Shelagh McKinlay 0131 348 5390

Rhona Brankin (Lab), Susan Deacon (Lab), Robin Harper (Green), Margaret Jamieson (Lab), George Lyon (LD)

Communities

Convener: Johann Lamont, Lab; Deputy: Donald Gorrie, Lib Dem; Clerk: Jim Johnston 0131 348 5211

Cathie Craigie (Lab), Patrick Harvie (Green), Maureen Macmillan (Lab), Campbell Martin (SNP), Mary Scanlon (Cons), Elaine Smith (Lab), Stewart Stevenson (SNP)

Education

Convener: Robert Brown, Lib Dem: Deputy: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Cons; Clerk: Martin Verity 0131 348 5204

Wendy Alexander (Lab), Rhona Brankin (Lab), Rosemary Byrne (SSP), Fiona Hyslop (SNP), Adam Ingram (SNP), Ken McIntosh (Lab), Elaine Murray

Enterprise and Culture

Convener: Alasdair Morgan, SNP; Deputy: Mike Watson, Lab; Clerk: Simon Watkins 0131 348 5207

Brian Adam (SNP), Richard Baker (Lab), Chris Ballance (Green), Susan Deacon (Lab), Murdo Fraser (Cons), Christine May (Lab), Jamie Stone (LD)

Environment and Rural Development

Convener: Sarah Boyack, Lab; Deputy: Eleanor Scott, Green; Clerk: Tracey Hawe 0131 348 5221

Roseanna Cunningham (SNP), Rob Gibson (SNP), Karen Gillon (Lab), Alex Johnstone (Cons), Maureen Macmillan (Lab), Alasdair Morrison (Lab), Nora Radcliffe (LD)

Equal Opportunities

Convener: Cathy Peattie, Lab; Deputy: Keith Raffan (LD): Clerk: Jim Johnston 0131 348 5211

Shiona Baird (Green), Frances Curran (SSP), Marlyn Glen (Lab) Marilyn Livingstone (Lab), Campbell Martin (SNP), Nanette Milne (Cons), Elaine Smith (Lab)

European and External Relations

Convener: Richard Lochhead, SNP; Deputy: Irene Oldfather, Lab; Clerk: Stephen Imrie 0131 348 5234

Dennis Canavan (Ind), Margaret Ewing (SNP), Phil Gallie (Cons), John Home Robertson (Lab), Gordon Jackson (Lab), Alasdair Morrison (Lab), Keith Raffan (LD)

Finance

Convener: Des McNulty, Lab; Deputy: Fergus Ewing, SNP; Acting Clerk: David McGill

Wendy Alexander (Lab), Ted Brocklebank (Cons), Kate Maclean (Lab), Jim Mather (SNP), Elaine Murray (Lab), Jeremy Purvis (LD), John Swinburne (SSCUP)

Health

Convener: Christine Grahame, SNP; Deputy: Janis Hughes, Lab; Clerk: Jennifer Smart

David Davidson (Cons), Helen Eadie (Lab), Kate Maclean (Lab), Duncan McNeil (Lab), Shona Robison (SNP), Mike Rumbles (LD), Jean Turner (Ind)

Justice 1

Convener: Pauline McNeill, Lab; Deputy: Stewart Maxwell, SNP; Clerk: Alison Taylor 0131 348 5195

Bill Butler (Lab), Marlyn Glen (Lab), Michael Matheson (SNP), Margaret Mitchell (Cons), Margaret Smith (LD)

Justice 2

Convener: Annabel Goldie, Cons; Deputy: Karen Whitefield, Lab; Clerk: Gillian Baxendine/Lynn Tullis 0131 348 5054

Jackie Baillie (Lab), Scott Barrie (Lab), Colin Fox (SSP), Mike Pringle (LD), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)

Local Government and Transport

Convener: Bristow Muldoon, Lab; Deputy: Andrew Welsh, SNP; Clerk: Eugene Windsor 0131 348 5217

Sylvia Jackson (Lab), Rosie Kane (SSP), Michael McMahon (Lab), Bruce McFee (SNP), Paul Martin (Lab), David Mundell (Cons), Iain Smith (LD)

Public Petitions

Convener: Michael McMahon, Lab; Deputy: John Scott, Cons; Clerk: Steve Farrell 0131 348 5186

Jackie Baillie (Lab), Helen Eadie (Lab), Linda Fabiani (SNP), Carolyn Leckie (SSP), John Farquhar Munro (LD), Mike Watson (Lab), Sandra White (SNP)

Procedures

Convener: Iain Smith, Lib Dem; Deputy: Karen Gillon, Lab; Clerk: Andrew Mylne 0131 348 5175

Richard Baker (Lab), Mark Ballard (Green), Bruce Crawford (SNP), Cathie Craigie (Lab), Jamie McGrigor (Cons)

Standards

Convener: Tricia Marwick, SNP; Deputy: Ken Macintosh, Lab; Clerk: Sam Jones 0131 348 5239

Bill Butler (Lab), Alex Fergusson (Cons), Donald Gorrie (LD), Alex Neil (SNP), Karen Whitefield (Lab)

Subordinate Legislation

Convener: Sylvia Jackson, Lab; Deputy: Gordon Jackson, Lab; Clerk: Alasdair Rankin 0131 348 5212

Stewart Maxwell (SNP), Christine May (Lab), Mike Pringle (LD), Murray Tosh (Cons) + AN Other

Parliamentary Bureau

This is, in effect the Business Committee of the Parliament, convened by the Presiding Officer, with "weighted" voting by party business managers preserving the Executive majority; the Clerk is Lee Bridges

George Reid (Presiding Officer), Trish Godman (Deputy PO), Murray Tosh (Deputy PO), Patricia Ferguson (Lab), Bruce Crawford (SNP), Tavish Scott (LD), Bill Aitken (Cons), Mark Ballard (Green), Carolyn Leckie (SSP)

Scottish Parliament Corporate Body

This is described as the "Board" of the Parliament, dealing with internal administration, with individual members having specific portfolios of responsibility.

Duncan McNeill (Lab) (responsible for Members’ support, including personnel, allowances and procurement); Andrew Welsh (SNP) (communication and public information); Robert Brown (LD) (finance and governance issues, including Freedom of Information); and John Scott (Cons) (members’ support, including IT, facilities management and constituency offices).

 

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